Posted by Adam

Tuesday October 6, 2009

Elizabeth Taylor has taken to Twitter account to let her friends and fans know that she is about to go to the hospital for heart surgery.

The actress, 77, says she is going to have a “leaky” valve replaced.

“Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate. I’ll let you know when it’s all over. Love you, Elizabeth,” she wrote Tuesday afternoon.

“Dear Friends,” she later added, “I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart.

“It’s very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better.”

A call to her rep was not immediately returned, according to People magazine.

Best of luck, Elizabeth!

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